Islamic Spain

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Muslim-ruled territory historical region medieval polity

Islamic Spain was the medieval Muslim-ruled region of the Iberian Peninsula renowned for its flourishing arts, sciences, philosophy, and a rich cultural fusion of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish traditions.

Aliases (12)

al-Andalus ×14
Al-Andalus ×1
Al-Andalus culture ×1
Andalusian architecture ×1
Andalusian period ×1
Islamic cultural heritage of Toledo ×1
Islamization of the Iberian Peninsula ×1
Moorish Spain ×1
Moorish period ×1
Muslim rule in Al-Andalus ×1
Muslim states in Iberia ×1
establishment of Al-Andalus ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muslim-ruled territory → historical region → medieval polity →
alsoKnownAs	al-Andalus →
capital	Córdoba → Granada →
coexistingLegalTradition	Jewish law (halakha) → canon law →
country	Portugal → Spain →
endCause	fall of Granada →
endTime	1492 →
fieldOfAchievement	agricultural science → astronomy → mathematics → medicine → philosophy → poetry →
heritage	development of vernacular Romance culture in Iberia → transmission of classical Greek learning to Western Europe →
inceptionEvent	Umayyad conquest of Hispania →
knownFor	advances in sciences → architecture → cultural fusion of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish traditions → flourishing arts → philosophy → religious tolerance (relative for its time) →
language	Arabic → Hebrew → Romance languages →
legalSystem	Islamic law (sharia) →
locatedIn	Iberian Peninsula →
majorCity	Córdoba → Granada → Seville → Toledo →
majorDynasty	Almohad dynasty → Almoravid dynasty → Nasrid dynasty → Umayyad dynasty →
notableBuilding	Alhambra → Giralda of Seville → Great Mosque of Córdoba →
notableInstitution	University of Córdoba (medieval scholarly center) →
partOf	medieval Islamic world →
politicalForm	caliphate → emirate → taifa kingdoms →
religion	Christianity → Islam → Judaism →
startTime	711 →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caliphate of Córdoba ("al-Andalus") → taifa kingdoms ("al-Andalus") →	locatedIn
Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula ("Islamization of the Iberian Peninsula") → Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula ("Muslim rule in Al-Andalus") →	overlapsWith
Islamic Spain ("al-Andalus") →	alsoKnownAs
Maimonides ("al-Andalus") →	birthPlace
Ibn Arabi ("al-Andalus") →	citizenship
University of Córdoba (medieval scholarly center) ("Al-Andalus culture") →	culturalContext
Umayyad conquest of Hispania ("establishment of Al-Andalus") →	followedBy
Maghribi script ("al-Andalus") →	geographicOrigin
Zahiri school of law ("al-Andalus") →	geographicRegion
Aljezur ("Moorish period") →	hasHistoricalPeriod
City of the Three Cultures ("Islamic cultural heritage of Toledo") →	hasPart
Arabic literature ("Andalusian period") →	hasPeriod
Sephardi Jews ("Al-Andalus") →	historicalCenter
Andalusia ("al-Andalus") →	historicalName
Kingdom of Murcia ("al-Andalus") →	historicalRegion
Middle Ages →	includesCulture
Spanish Colonial Revival ("Andalusian architecture") →	influencedBy
The Alhambra ("Moorish Spain") →	mainSubject
Reconquista ("Muslim states in Iberia") →	opposedBy
Averroes →	placeOfBirth
Almoravid dynasty ("al-Andalus") →	region
Ibn Arabi ("al-Andalus") →	regionOfActivity
Ibn Jubayr ("al-Andalus") →	regionOfOrigin
Moriscos ("al-Andalus") →	relatedTo
Almohad dynasty ("al-Andalus") →	territory